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too slow, and not a great player, however would be a good backup. not as good as butt btw baggio.

1 dads very nearly fully recovered from his heart attack/ triple bypass 2 i've got a new job 3 i'm getting a new car soon. 4 i'll be in horrendous debt 5 my ex want's me back. been a weird week.

positive stuff from sam. reckon if he adapts to a squad based system, the zog will be ok for us. even now he's not good enough to regularly claim a first team place...

my source was the guardian unlimited football site. i'm unsure we'd get him, but would be a great player for us if we did....

Deco could put Newcastle on a highway to heaven Few footballers do beauty like Deco does, which is why fans on Tyneside should be so excited by reports linking him with a move. Paul DoyleJuly 11, 2007 10:46 AM Don't worry about tomorrow Take it today Forget about the cheque We'll get hell to pay (From AC/DC's "Have a drink on me") AC/DC screecher Brian Johnson failed in his attempt to buy into his beloved Newcastle United several years ago, but you'd be forgiven for thinking Freddy Shepherd and co regularly staggered into the transfer market humming his hedonistic hymns. The club's extravagant and impulsive purchases of over-the-hill, injury-prone or too-bonkers-to-last stars has been reckless and repetitive; at times it's even been entertaining, though recently it's been more crock 'n' cringe than rock 'n' roll. Under the new owner Mike Ashley, Sam Allardyce hasn't exactly signalled his intent to steer a more prudent course than his predecessors: Mark Viduka and Joey Barton are slick players but they carry baggage that even John Smeaton might think twice about handling. The difference, however, is that Big Sam can be counted on to coax the best out of spikey gems. Which is why we must hope that the far-fetched rumours linking Newcastle to Deco turn out to be true. Reports in Spain reckon Barcelona want rid of Deco, who has fallen foul of Frank Rijkaard. Papers in Italy claim both Milan and Inter are on his track. But some in England would have us believe Newcastle is the Portuguese maestro's destination of choice - which leads you to suspect the Magpies have bewitched him with wonga and, therefore, that Deco's arrival would be as cynical and inglorious as those of fortune hunters such as Albert Luque, Michael Owen and Patrick Kluivert. But it wouldn't. It would be brilliant. At least sporadically, which given Deco's supreme skills, would for once be sufficient. He may, at nearly 30, be five years older than a certain celebrated Colombian was when he arrived at St James's Park in 1996, but Deco would be Tino Asprilla times 10. Sure, Deco does ugly things like dive and bitch, but he also does beauty like few other footballers can. His touch is a miracle cure for claustrophobia, making tiny spaces appear ample; his passing a panacea for predictability; and his shooting a lethal injection. He invents new possibilities in an instant, slays opponents in a second. And for all his art, Deco's no fancy dan. He has steely substance. His strength on the ball recalls Maradona and Zidane and he, rather than Ronaldinho, has usually been the driving force of Barça over the last two years, as he was for Champions League-winning Porto before that and as he remains for his adopted Portugal. Rafa Benítez recognised this when neglecting Ronaldinho to instead man-mark Deco in the Nou Camp last season; that wasn't merely a case of cutting off the supply to the Brazilian, it was an acknowledgement that the Portuguese not only initiates moves but can conclude them too. And despite that backhanded accolade Deco scored once and was only denied a second by a post (though Liverpool, of course, won the match). Though he at times lapsed into laziness last season, probably because of unhappiness with the Barça regime, he's a ferocious competitor (as he memorably proved in last year's World Cup bout against Holland) and a naturally enthusiastic worker. Indeed, in his early days in Brazil, Corinthians had to order him to backtrack less so that he could conserve energy for more creative pursuits. And in the unlikely event that Newcastle fans need any more convincing that he's a rare pearl, then consider the clincher: back in 1999 Benfica, after first farming him out on loan, sold him to arch-rivals Porto because their then-manager reckoned he wasn't much cop. The sagacious judge responsible for that howler? One Graeme Souness. Neither the fog on the Tyne nor the lure of mid-table would bring Deco to Newcastle. He'd be coming strictly for lucre. But he wouldn't be able to retire his competitive spirit entirely; Big Sam would ensure that for a good two or three years he'd give value for that money. Actually, make that for a great two or three years. Whomever gets Deco will be on a highway to short-term heaven. from guardian unlimited football.

look out for the 6110 from nokia, got the lot except a very good camera and wlan... built in gps and other bits of fluff... http://www.nokia.co.uk/A4366035 my next phone methinks....

the brother in law has one of the 80 gig ipods and they go very nicely. i just use my phone. that does nicely.

well, if this goes ahead we would get a player thats actually what we need, a genuine creative player. i'm unsure as to how he'd do in the premiership however. its way faster paced than la liga and he wouldn't get as much time on the ball. also 23m is a fucking joke....

different players. also maradona was extroadinarily quick and had great strength, as well as his great technical skills. d'alessandro technically is better than deco, however is often perceived to be lightweight and definitely does not put his foot in as much, also does not have great pace ( is quite quick nonetheless), like maradona he is all left foot.... deco is a midfielder that can play anywhere across the midfield, and can do the muck and bullets stuff as well as provide for the strikers. he is fouled a lot and dives a lot....

d'alessandro has been good/ class for pompey last year and zaragoza this.... better technically than what we have on either wing by a mile!

the most famous of them all mr lee ( the korean lad). is a failed professional footballer. mind i wouldn't fancy trying to get theball off of him!

do u not think parker and bellamy are good enough to be in the CL nope, at that level bellamy is too inconsistent. parker simply isn't good enough.

quoted for truth.

why, both are past their best.... if i had to chose it would be deco.

nope. i think he could be an asset for fulham, lawrie sanchez. success with limited resources pretty much wehrever he's been. as for healy, hes got a better than 1 in 2 strike rate in internationals. thats exceptional. thing is ( a bit like owen) all he does is score goals.... nothing else.

don't know but i will say this. i'd much rather have an intelligent poster with the clubs interests at heart than some of the trolls that inhabit this board.

not really quick enough. or actually good enough defensively good technically mind. if allowed to get forward, has a good left foot for crossing. the right is for standing on!

perv maybe holden, i think knobheads going a bit far.

ronaldo's still banging them in for milan, henry?, van nistelrooy. all these guys are 30+ though.

cheers

not good enough emre, too little (geddit) too late.

agree with Ken on this, the chubster will have to raise a sweat to get his money, if he doesn't perform he's out.

too right shearergol. if i were a top flight player looking to get int a decent team there's no reason not to go for playing for the toon, however i see very few world class players coming here this season. we'll have to fight to keep the one thats here (owen) unless we get a chance to go up the table.

would be a great coup if it happened. doubt it though!

not performed as well as him when asked to by chelsea. is the better footballer though, but bridge is a first class fullback. if we were to get him on board he'd be a massive asset.